SEOUL: South Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II on Tuesday (Mar 7) denounced Seoul's new plan to compensate them and end a historic dispute with Tokyo as
Seoul announced plans on Monday to pay the victims with money taken from South Korean companies that benefited from a 1965 reparations deal, in a bid to break the"vicious cycle" in its relations with Tokyo.
But victims' groups said it fell far short of their demand for a full apology from Japan and direct compensation from the companies involved."I am 95 years old and I don't know if I die today or tomorrow. But never in my life have I felt so distressed," Yang Geum-deok, who worked at a Mitsubishi factory during the war, said at a rally in Seoul.
Seoul aims to resolve lingering issues stemming from Japan's brutal 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula as it seeks closer ties with Tokyo in the face of growing threats from North Korea.
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